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Arrow lathe
DC:
Yup, The burner is on the pedestal on the left of the first picture and that cord that's flopping all over plugs in to a yard light power supply. The power supply got the wire too hot and kept popping its breaker. I found a second hand router speed controller and now I can adjust the wire heat perfectly. It's one more piece of stuff though. I was trying to make a "one machine conveniently does all" thing and now it has two power cords. Maybe MkIII will be better ;D ;D ;D It filled the time when the RH in the shop was just too low for bows.
TSA:
excellent- great ingenuity!
i have seen the thread wrapper tool- and conversed with the maker of it, hes from eastern Europe.
the patterns created certainly look very novel- adds a whole new "twist" to traditional crestings ;)
i did want to ask, where the hot wire contacted the wood- did it not burn the wood there- although i see no indication of that- how did you insulate it there?
Pat B:
DC, an electric soldering iron makes a good feather burner. It has a resistor in it to keep from overheating. I'd bet you could find one cheap at a thrift store, disassemble it and reassemble to your liking.
There was an article years ago in PA Magazine about thread wrapped cresting.
Hawkdancer:
Ingenious device! Patent that puppy real quick! Great job repurposing old equipment, too!
Hawkdancer
Woodely:
Quite the project........and extremely useful. 8) can we see a shaft on it.
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